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Russian-separatist forces have waged the fire in the direction of Ukrainian positions on about 20 occasions and have shelled several settlements by grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns on Nov. 16, the Ukrainian military said.

They have waged the fire in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. on 21 occasions in the Donetsk and Artemivsk directions, the press center of the military operation said in the evening report on its Facebook page.

The adversary has shelled Nevelske, Pisky, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka. The 82mm mortars have fired directly on the Ukrainian positions in Zaitseve and Krasnohorivka, the report said.